The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-11-17
This is heathenism-in China. No

where does all the money go that is con-
sequent upon this outrageous "up-to-
neck" taxation by this glorious Republic
Certainly the salaries of its officials do
not eat it up, as they are, with hardly an
exception, the poorest paid officials in
the world. Even asecond- grade manda.
rim of China gets bigger salary than the
President of the entire United States-at
least twice the amount. And yet there
are more officials in China by at least ten
times than there are in the United States,
and the taxation in that country is go
light that the people hardly feel the loss,
there being no taxation upon anything
in many of the provinces except salt and
land actually cultivated. Upon the lat,
ter there is only something less than one
half per cent of the grains raised, and
upon the former one per cent. There is
absolutely no tax upon homesteads or
real estate not actually under cultivation,
nor any personal property tax. Yet the
imperial treasury of China is one Of the
richest in Asia. There is not dollar of
national debt except that owed to the
Europeans some years ago, when the
opium was forced upon the heathens for
the heathens' good. Even that outra-
geous amount has been largely paid off
by the economical heather politicians.
a GREAT PLACE FOR RICH YOUNG MEN.
III were young man, especially if I
were handsome and had generous "old
man" at my back with liberal pocket
book, should prefer to live in America
to any other place on earth. But 1
should take good care not 20 get old, for
this is a country where old men and
women invariably take a back seat.
Sometimes they are not even allowed the
comfort of any seat at ell. 1t is only
here that I find old men and women are
servants of the healthful youth Of either
sex. It seems to be common law
among the people here 10 raise and sup
port children as sumptuously as their
means permit and continue to support
them, even long after they are able TO
earn their own living. But when it
comes to the old peoples turn sentiment
seems to dwindle down almost to zero.
In society the young are the centre of
attraction. They are the blooming flow
ers. The old people are shut up in the
kitchen behind the doors.
What muss the people of this country
make of their love business Are the
understandings of the American youth
obtuse? 1t frequently takes years of
their valuable time to whisper ardent
love to each other, and frequently at the
very last moment they suddenly find out
they did not love each other at all.
"They we're simply trying to find out
each others peculiarities." Occasionally
these courtings actually terminate in a
marriage, but as rule the love making
business is then over. Therefore, the
only next interesting thing between them
is quarrel and divorce.
All American ladies like babies, but
only few like to be their mothers. Even
the richest babies will only have COWS
for their mothers. This is Western civ
ilization.
THE WAY OF THE HEATHEN cHINEE.
Our old heathens pretend to know bet.
ter than this. They lay down some
rather iron rules to follow. Each
heather must learn the profession most
suitable to him in order to earn an honest
living in the near future. Our parents
select US partner for life at the proper
time; they are for us to sanction. If we
don't agree to that particular quality we
must offer a sufficient reason, and new
selection is made. We marry first and
make love afterwards, and that's the rea.
son re have no divorces. Love making
is always refreshing 10 us because We
have never done it before, and no youth
of either sex is given the privilege of
marriage unless morally qualified to be
good wives and industrious husbands.
The property of our parents is ours, but
the father or mother is the head Of the
firm. After their death the property,
without any will making, falls to the
next of kin to be equally divided, unless
by general consent the eldest of the
heirs assumes control anu the family
continues in the same order as before the
patients death. Domestic order and
happiness are the only aims of the
hcathen, and should be the aims of all
men. WONG CHING FOO.